The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 105
n the works of Edelinck are varied to the degreethat is highly requisite, in order to discriminate pro-perly the nature of objects, which his engravings repre-sent, without destroying the general harmony whichought ever to be kept in view. Although a century has now elapsed since the deathof… … *v TZiCnkTStflPVlTiv^am^ MADAME DE LA FAYETTE. Madame de la Fayette was the daughter ofDAymer, Lord of La Virgue, and Governor of Havre.To the most attractive features she combined a tenderheart, an enlarged and cultivated mind, a wonderful faci-lity in acquiring knowledge, and a penetration which…
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